Roger Highfield
Museum exec, writer & visiting prof at @Dunn_School and @UCLChemistry. Ex New Scientist Editor & Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Neutron bouncer
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China set to introduce gene-editing regulation following CRISPR-baby furore
The draft rules mean that anyone who manipulates human genes in adults or embryos is responsible for adverse outcomes.
Roger Highfield
China set to introduce gene-editing regulation following CRISPR-baby furore
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3-million-year-old fossilized mouse reveals evolutionary secrets of color
This new study applied X-ray imaging to several 3-million-year-old fossils in order to untangle the story of key pigments in ancient animals and reveal how we might recognize the chemical signatures of specific red pigments in long extinct animals...
Roger Highfield
3-million-year-old fossilized mouse reveals evolutionary secrets of colour eurekalert.org/e/981l via @UoMNews
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BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Medical controversies
Andrew Marr with Joshua Mezrich, Angela Saini, Caroline Criado Perez and Richard Ashcroft.
New flying/driving robot developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Possible commercial uses are package deliveries since it can quickly fly to a target zone and then drive using its wheels safely and quietly to reach the recipient's doorstep. FSTAR can also be used for search and rescue applications as it can fly...
Gas insulation could be protecting an ocean inside Pluto
Computer simulations provide compelling evidence that an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto's icy exterior, according to a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Roger Highfield
An ocean inside Pluto? Computer simulations show an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto's icy exterior eurekalert.org/e/97x2 via @hokkaidouni
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NASA’s full Artemis plan revealed: 37 launches and a lunar outpost
Still missing? The total cost. And that's probably by design.
People in higher social class have an exaggerated belief that they are better than others
People who see themselves as being in a higher social class may tend to have an exaggerated belief that they are more adept than their equally capable lower-class counterparts, and that overconfidence can often be misinterpreted by others as greater...
Roger Highfield
Another reason why class-based hierarchies continue to persist generation after generation?
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Physical kilogram is officially dead
Definitions of four basic scientific units, including the kilogram and the kelvin, now rely on fundamental constants rather than arbitrary measures.
Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots
Stanford students developed a dog-like robot that can navigate tough terrain -- and they want you to make one too.
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Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35%, researchers have shown.
Roger Highfield
#Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35% eurekalert.org/e/97xQ via @Cambridge_Uni
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Ancient Wads of 'Chewing Gum' Hold the Oldest Human DNA in Scandinavia
Ancient "chewing gum" holds Scandinavia's oldest-known human DNA, found at a site in western Sweden and dating to about 10,000 years ago.
'Imagine...' -- our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination
Roland Benoit and Philipp Paulus together with Daniel Schacter from Harvard University have examined the question, how neutral places suddenly become valuable to us, in a study published in the journal Nature Communications.
Roger Highfield
'Imagine...' -- our attitudes can be shaped by the power of imagination eurekalert.org/e/97x4 via @mpi_cbs
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Tuberculosis: A Fashionable Disease?
Tuberculosis has existed for thousands of years, and throughout its long history has been shrouded in myth and mystery.
Apollo 10 Command Module
Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan, was launched in May 1969 on a lunar orbital mission as the dress rehearsal for the actual Apollo 11 landing.
Image Credit: Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Roger Highfield
50 years after the first moon landings, a new generation of space travellers are racing to colonise our nearest neighbour. Is reality catching up with sci-fi?theguardian.com/books/2019/may… Do buy @Eaterofsun's #TheMoon & pop into @sciencemuseum to see Apollo 10 blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/science-museum…
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U.S. cancer institute cancels nanotech research centers
Funding for six cancer centers set to expire in summer of 2020
Roger Highfield
U.S. cancer institute cancels nanotech research centers sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/u… When you factor in chemistry, molecular biology, biotech, etc it is not easy to see what 'nano' adds....
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Being sick in the morning can be different from being sick at night
In a review published May 17, 2019 in the journal Trends in Immunology, researchers discuss how time of day affects the severity of afflictions ranging from allergies to heart attacks.